The BBC is to introduce strict new compliance procedures in the wake of the "Sachsgate" affair, including keeping a tighter rein on shows made by independent production companies owned by on screen talent and agents.

These measures also include creating a panel to look at the "appropriate boundaries of taste" for the corporation's TV, radio and online output.

As part of the new compliance regime, from Monday BBC executives will be expected to take more control over shows made by "talent or agent-owned" production companies to "avoid any conflict of interest".

This tightening of compliance procedures includes making sure that it is clear that "on-air talent always recognise the BBC is the publisher and the BBC's producers and executives must have the final say in publication and exercise it with confidence".

Russell Brand's Radio 2 show, on which the lewd pre-recorded messages to Andrew Sachs were broadcast, was made by his independent production company, Vanity Projects.

BBC management's report also said that the corporation must "embed everywhere a strengthened culture on compliance", so that "production staff at all levels feel the confidence to say 'no' to content they feel is unacceptable".

"We must strengthen the BBC's editorial supervision of all programmes made by talent or agent-owned independent productions to avoid any conflict of interest between the producer function and compliance function," the report concluded.

Immediate action in the BBC's audio and music division, which includes Radio 2, will entail a more detailed high-risk programme register that will be updated to include continuing strands and be reviewed on a weekly basis.

A board-level head of editorial standards for BBC audio and music will also be appointed.

Spot audits will take place on a "regular basis" across the BBC to ensure "100% adherence to this [compliance] policy is being achieved".

BBC management's report into the Sachsgate affair made a number of recommendations to reinforce the compliance system and culture within the corporation.

A panel led by BBC creative director Alan Yentob, director of archive content Roly Keating and Claire Powell, the chief adviser for editorial policy, will "examine where the appropriate boundaries of taste and generally accepted standards should lie across all BBC output".

The group will include "members of the on-air talent community and outside perspectives, together with original audience research" and report back to the BBC editorial standards board in February next year with its findings.

In an email to BBC staff Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust, said he had "requested precision" by BBC management "addressing the problems which led to these failings".

"The public expects higher standards of editorial control from the BBC. I want to reassure you that that the trust is absolutely clear that creative risk-taking is an essential part of what the BBC is here to do. But that doesn't mean anything goes," Lyons added.

"There are boundaries and whilst they may differ for different audiences and change over time they do still exist and they are part of the price we pay for generous public funding."

Tim Davie, the BBC director of audio and music, sent an email to his staff today outlining the main actions the division intends to take and pledging that tighter controls will not "stifle creativity".

"Based on the many conversations that I have had with staff I believe that we can use this episode to strengthen the group, tightening up our compliance systems while not stifling creativity," Davie said.

"This will not be an easy task, but the experience and expertise of our teams puts us in a good place to deliver it successfully."

A special session of the BBC's top 150 Leadership Group will be held on Monday November 24, "to communicate in person to them the seriousness of the incident and the lessons learnt".

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